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the plan originated in clinton commission plan to save medicare in late 1990's. it is a bipartisan plan in congress today that says do not change benefits for people 55 and above. only become eligible we get a choice of guaranteed coverage options, including traditional medicare. we get to pick the plan for us when we retire. that means all those providers compete against each other for our business and we do not have to beg for the mercy of 15 bureaucrats whether or not we get our health care. we think the best way to save medicare is to empower 50 million seniors, not 15 unelected bureaucrats to make their decision on how they get health care. mitt romney and i will protect and strengthen health care is a people will have promises that are kept. one of the ways we can make sure this promise is kept is to get people back to work. to grow this economy. that is why we have solutions for more jobs and higher take- home pay. the plan is designed to get this economy growing again. 12 million jobs, grow the economy. this would create 713,000 jobs in florida alone. the
the plan originated in clinton commission plan to save medicare in late 1990's. it is a bipartisan plan in congress today that says do not change benefits for people 55 and above. only become eligible we get a choice of guaranteed coverage options, including traditional medicare. we get to pick the plan for us when we retire. that means all those providers compete against each other for our business and we do not have to beg for the mercy of 15 bureaucrats whether or not we get our health care....
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tommy thompson left to talk about his time as governor during the clinton boom era. but served during the bush imitation to become a cabinet secretary. he supported his policies to have to run the tax cuts -- to have two unfunded tax cuts. i opposed the war and iraq. under his watch at the department of health and human services, it created a program that david walker called the most fiscally irresponsible policy in this country since the 1960's. almost $5 trillion in debt got us into this mess. >> governor, will you respond to some of these points? take your time. >> she has missed it just about everything -- misstated just about everything. there's been a 10 trillion dollar increase says she's been in office. i never protect bill in to give anybody a tax break of anything right now -- put in a tax bill to give anybody a tax rate of anything right now. if you want a flat tax without skimming ior scamming the system, you can do it on halftime purity put on the gross revenue, said it in and still have enough time to go to the andrigerator get a beer watch the second h
tommy thompson left to talk about his time as governor during the clinton boom era. but served during the bush imitation to become a cabinet secretary. he supported his policies to have to run the tax cuts -- to have two unfunded tax cuts. i opposed the war and iraq. under his watch at the department of health and human services, it created a program that david walker called the most fiscally irresponsible policy in this country since the 1960's. almost $5 trillion in debt got us into this...
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first of all, president obama is not running against former president bill clinton. he is running against the bush tax policies, the bush economic policies, the mitt romney adopted bush tax cuts that goes even farther than president bush did. what the president will remind us of is a time when the democrats were in the white house and actually cut the deficit and had a surplus. if we continue down the road that president obama has charted, a road that cuts for dollar trillion in our deficits, but also makes the investment that we need in education and infrastructure to protect and extend medicare another eight years, that keeps taxes on the middle-class down, you will see the 12 million jobs that governor romney talked about actually happened during president obama's next four years. >> we will see quite a bit of the mayor next week at the democratic national convention, which kicks off on tuesday. thank you for joining us, sir. i want to turn to our reporters here in tampa. peter, what is the strongest thing, in your view, coming out of this republican convention? w
first of all, president obama is not running against former president bill clinton. he is running against the bush tax policies, the bush economic policies, the mitt romney adopted bush tax cuts that goes even farther than president bush did. what the president will remind us of is a time when the democrats were in the white house and actually cut the deficit and had a surplus. if we continue down the road that president obama has charted, a road that cuts for dollar trillion in our deficits,...
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. >> before we let you go, i want to talk about former president clinton. there was a tough relationship between them in 2008, no surprise. i was there and covered it firsthand. they have certainly come together. i have spoken to many democrats, perhaps you may have as well, think a while it is important to have him there, they are concerned about memories of the clinton economy, so much more positive, and by comparison they are afraid that in some measures the president obama economy that we are living in now will not compare favorably and that might not be as positive a presentation as they might have hoped. similar concerns? >> absolutely not. first of all, president obama is not running against former president bill clinton. he is running against the bush tax policies, the bush economic policies, the mitt romney adopted bush tax cuts that goes even farther than president bush did. what the president will remind us of is a time when the democrats were in the white house and actually cut the deficit and had a surplus. if we continue down the road that pre
. >> before we let you go, i want to talk about former president clinton. there was a tough relationship between them in 2008, no surprise. i was there and covered it firsthand. they have certainly come together. i have spoken to many democrats, perhaps you may have as well, think a while it is important to have him there, they are concerned about memories of the clinton economy, so much more positive, and by comparison they are afraid that in some measures the president obama economy...
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as president clinton says it takes brass for to criticize for the thing you did. i will it will this you. i can give you evidence that those hor chicago misplaced pray or is by republicans voting to end medicare in order to fund tax cuts for millionaires that those priorities have helped democrats across the board. governor romney chose paul ryan as the running mate on august 11th. before august 11th if you took a look at the generic congressional ballot polling in the country, it was pretty much tied. it was, mow, i talked about that still wind when you or in the 20-yard line. we prn the still wind. they were tight. maybe up one. after august 11th when governor romney decided to double down on the republican plan to fund tax cuts for millionaires and big oil companies, the generics began to spread. instead of being in a neutral environment, we were up one, two and the. then when todd akin in late august expressed those horrific thoughts and not what he said that bothered me but what he thought about some legitimacy to forms of rape, it widen even more then disclo
as president clinton says it takes brass for to criticize for the thing you did. i will it will this you. i can give you evidence that those hor chicago misplaced pray or is by republicans voting to end medicare in order to fund tax cuts for millionaires that those priorities have helped democrats across the board. governor romney chose paul ryan as the running mate on august 11th. before august 11th if you took a look at the generic congressional ballot polling in the country, it was pretty...
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1993 clinton tax plan. the president is saying with respect to fall to the very top, we can no longer afford that. republicans have taken a position -- they will not pass it now because they will hold middle-income taxpayers hostage until they can get cuts for the folks at the very top. i thought they agreed we had this long-term fiscal challenge we had to deal with in a balanced way. that is one problem. the economic theory has been tested by reality and it failed. here is the thing that will become very clear in this campaign to the american people. it is not just that tax cuts for the wealthy do not work in terms of boosting the economy -- they come at a huge cost to the rest of the country. if you are serious about deficit reduction over the long- term, and all of us should be, if you ask nothing from the faults of the very top, if you subscribe to the grover norquist pledge, as 99% of the republican house members have, it says not one additional penny of revenue can come from the wealthiest americans t
1993 clinton tax plan. the president is saying with respect to fall to the very top, we can no longer afford that. republicans have taken a position -- they will not pass it now because they will hold middle-income taxpayers hostage until they can get cuts for the folks at the very top. i thought they agreed we had this long-term fiscal challenge we had to deal with in a balanced way. that is one problem. the economic theory has been tested by reality and it failed. here is the thing that will...
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four years ago, hillary clinton and barack obama were duking it out. in ohio, secretary clinton won ohio. this could play out for awhile. that is not a problem. it was not a problem for the democrats for years ago. barack obama emerged as the nominee and is now the president. when people make a big deal and say we need to come together -- let's find out who is the toughest. that is why you play the game. let's see who wins. whoever wins will be ready for the championship game. >> what does mitt romney need to do to connect to voters more efficiently? -- effectively? what does he need to do to connect to voters in your district? >> just get out there and talk with the voters. i had the opportunity to sit down with the governor for a few minutes in a private setting. he comes across great in those settings. when people get a chance to talk with him, that is always good for any candidate running for office to go out and meet people and let them see who he really is. the other thing voters will connect with is that you can tell governor romney truly cares
four years ago, hillary clinton and barack obama were duking it out. in ohio, secretary clinton won ohio. this could play out for awhile. that is not a problem. it was not a problem for the democrats for years ago. barack obama emerged as the nominee and is now the president. when people make a big deal and say we need to come together -- let's find out who is the toughest. that is why you play the game. let's see who wins. whoever wins will be ready for the championship game. >> what...
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really be more serious, and for folks like me to go back and pay at the rates that existed when bill clinton was president when we created $23 million new jobs, when from deficit to surplus and created a whole bunch of millionaires to boot that is the right thing for america and, by the way the reason it is the right bank is because when a construction worker or a teacher or a receptionist, when they have got a little money in their pocket what do they do? they may be going out and buy that new car or buy that new appliance or go to a restaurant or heaven forbid they take a vacation once in awhile and said that means business as more customers, and they hire more workers. historically that is how our economy has grown not from the top down but from the middle up from the bottom up. when we. an opportunity for everybody who works hard to get ahead. this economy grows. that is the choice in this election and that is why i am running for a second term as president. [cheers and applause] now, that choice, you can see it in every issue between myself and mr. romney as when the automotive industry
really be more serious, and for folks like me to go back and pay at the rates that existed when bill clinton was president when we created $23 million new jobs, when from deficit to surplus and created a whole bunch of millionaires to boot that is the right thing for america and, by the way the reason it is the right bank is because when a construction worker or a teacher or a receptionist, when they have got a little money in their pocket what do they do? they may be going out and buy that new...
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if he's in office in 2014 maybe we'll see a clinton/brown rematch. >> what did you learn today? >> that the democrats are not so optimistic about new jersey. they are optimistic about virginia it seems. but sandy seemed to be a good thing for chris christie. >> and also politics in virginia leading up to the attorney general who the governor may run as an independent. >> the attorney general who traditionally waits his turn, moves up to luents governor and then moves up to governor, a guy who is a big dialing of the conservative fan base and the republican party in virginia. the luents governor is set up to run for governor four years ago then had to wait another attorney general. he is not happy about this. he is -- according to "the washington examiner" he is thinking about running as an independent. the committee chairman, the clirn fundraiser would be the governor of virginia. if you would have told me that five years ago i would have called you nuts. >> one state we did not walk about today is wisconsin. it should be interesting because scott walker coming out of the succes
if he's in office in 2014 maybe we'll see a clinton/brown rematch. >> what did you learn today? >> that the democrats are not so optimistic about new jersey. they are optimistic about virginia it seems. but sandy seemed to be a good thing for chris christie. >> and also politics in virginia leading up to the attorney general who the governor may run as an independent. >> the attorney general who traditionally waits his turn, moves up to luents governor and then moves up...
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president clinton summed it up very well. look at the job creation on behalf of president obama and the direction he has as going in, and then look at the direction the republicans would take us. they want to go backwards. even the current house republicans in terms of job creation - as president clinton put it, "zero." >> congressman, your speech really dwelled a lot on the explicit or implicit promises of social security and medicare. but everyone acknowledges the demographics of this country are changing. so, how do you maintain that promise? and when might we actually see a democratic plan to maintain the solvency of medicare for the long haul, understanding that the affordable care act keeps it solvent for the short-term? but going further, when do we see a democratic plan? >> let's start with that. i think that is an important point. you are right. the affordable care act takes it out for an additional eight years. under the romney plan, it would be a change as we know it by 2016. again, i think president clinton outlin
president clinton summed it up very well. look at the job creation on behalf of president obama and the direction he has as going in, and then look at the direction the republicans would take us. they want to go backwards. even the current house republicans in terms of job creation - as president clinton put it, "zero." >> congressman, your speech really dwelled a lot on the explicit or implicit promises of social security and medicare. but everyone acknowledges the demographics...
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is clinton correct that this plan is not possible? is clinton correct that this is a possibility? >> i am not sure about the latter part of it. i do not think romney has done anything to make this a debate over the specifics of that tax policy. he has done very little to draw attention to that. he has not engaged on that. when we want to talk about the economy, he says we should get rid of regulations and be more competitive. the things that campaigns do to fund that conversation in terms of what it wants, i do not think -- unemployment is where it is. the economy is bad. then they will look for an alternative. as i said earlier, i think you see a little bit of a romney flailing of it. he is trying to grasp at new issues. he decides to make this about big policy distinctions like we thought it would one month ago. we still have about six or seven weeks left in this election. we are starting to see the clues that romney is looking for a way to redefine the terms of this debate. >> one person asked me about the group and journalist. this is a left-wing kind of service or their resci
is clinton correct that this plan is not possible? is clinton correct that this is a possibility? >> i am not sure about the latter part of it. i do not think romney has done anything to make this a debate over the specifics of that tax policy. he has done very little to draw attention to that. he has not engaged on that. when we want to talk about the economy, he says we should get rid of regulations and be more competitive. the things that campaigns do to fund that conversation in terms...
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if you're sure would be returning to the clinton tax cuts. this is just a little bit more. speaker boehner needs to listen to the majority of american people, and change his political -- his political reality needs to get in sync with the reality of the majority of america. >> one leader who attended that meeting was quoted in the paper as saying that the president spray-painted a line in the sand. [laughter] what language did he use? >> he reiterated what we heard him say publicly on the thursday after the election, where he said -- i just had a national debate in this country. i presented a choice. i am going to follow the will of the people and that every american earning $250,000 and above it pays more. he wants congress to pass the extension of the middle-class tax cuts now so that families can enter the thanksgiving and christmas holiday with a sense of economic security. it seems to me that is one point of view that crosses the aisle. the republican house ought to be able to act on it. >> there are a lot of different ways of people are talking about getting to revenu
if you're sure would be returning to the clinton tax cuts. this is just a little bit more. speaker boehner needs to listen to the majority of american people, and change his political -- his political reality needs to get in sync with the reality of the majority of america. >> one leader who attended that meeting was quoted in the paper as saying that the president spray-painted a line in the sand. [laughter] what language did he use? >> he reiterated what we heard him say publicly...
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hillary clinton is stepping down regardless of what happens. she has already indicated that. guest: that is what she said. i would not go so far as to say governor romney would have another 9/11. i do not think the republican party and george w. bush brought 9/11. but the republican party does have a different view of the issues that confront the united states in the middle east. when it comes to uprisings in egypt and other parts of the world, governor romney has indicated very similar positions and statements -- and made statements similar to what the obama administration has been saying what these uprisings were going on. in particular, governor romney supported president obama's position during the early uprisings. it is true they have different positions on iran. they have a different position when it comes to syria. and the possibility of intervention in syria. but by and large, i think we should separate the rhetoric during the presidential election campaign from foreign policy. pretends to be more continuity in american foreign policy -- there tends to be more continu
hillary clinton is stepping down regardless of what happens. she has already indicated that. guest: that is what she said. i would not go so far as to say governor romney would have another 9/11. i do not think the republican party and george w. bush brought 9/11. but the republican party does have a different view of the issues that confront the united states in the middle east. when it comes to uprisings in egypt and other parts of the world, governor romney has indicated very similar...
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john boehner is clinton need their vote to pass again. how do you do that? doesn't render the and services less powerful? >> we do not know. we can say they think might happen. there have been a number of locations where the house republican congress has been united, passing good legislation that conservative support it. that made sense for taxpayers all over the session. you will see that again. they can speculate all they want. our job is to push policy in the direction we can. when we have been most united is will we have put forward good conservative principles, but policy and legislation. you will see more of that as we move into the next congress. >> can i ask you about the attacks and libya against the ambassador there? there is a hearing held this past week. the "washington post" noted house republican tax cut spending for embassy security by 128 million. and that under paul ryan's budget an additional 400 million would be cut to embassy security. was that wrong to do in hindsight? >> what was wrong in hindsight was the way the department and state h
john boehner is clinton need their vote to pass again. how do you do that? doesn't render the and services less powerful? >> we do not know. we can say they think might happen. there have been a number of locations where the house republican congress has been united, passing good legislation that conservative support it. that made sense for taxpayers all over the session. you will see that again. they can speculate all they want. our job is to push policy in the direction we can. when we...
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all we're asking is for people like me to go back to the rates we paid under bill clinton. by the way, that was a time when we created nearly 23 million new jobs and we created the biggest budget surplus in history. here's the kicker. folks at the top actually did well because guess what? when a factory worker, a construction worker, receptionist, a teacher, firefighter, kopp has a little bit more money in their pockets, what do they do? maybe they go out and buy a new car after writing that old be around for the last 16 years. maybe they finally get a new dishwasher because the old one has been broke for a long time. maybe they go and buy a computer for their kids for the new school year or they go to restaurants. heaven forbid, they take a vacation. that means businesses suddenly have more customers. that means businesses start hiring more workers because they are making more profit. everybody does better. that's how we grow the economy. not from the top down but from the metal out and the bottom up. that's the choice in this election. that's why i'm running for a second
all we're asking is for people like me to go back to the rates we paid under bill clinton. by the way, that was a time when we created nearly 23 million new jobs and we created the biggest budget surplus in history. here's the kicker. folks at the top actually did well because guess what? when a factory worker, a construction worker, receptionist, a teacher, firefighter, kopp has a little bit more money in their pockets, what do they do? maybe they go out and buy a new car after writing that...
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as president clinton says, it takes a lot of brass to be against something you are for. he knows the right and budget took the same savings. they gave another tax cut to kardashian, lebron james. >> i'm ok. >> we can go on rebuttal all day, but we must move on to the next round of questions. the next question goes first to kaskilly.lear castlaire mc . >> the average prices have risen 42% according to the u.s. department of education. what specific policy to propose as the most efficient solution to the declining affordability of higher education? >> i will tell you it is not to eliminate the department of education. as i just indicated, what we did is we took the middleman out of the student loans and took the cup they were making with no risk, because the federal government was backing those loans, and we took the money and increase the amount of the pell grant, which allows more kids to go to college. this is the land of opportunity. this is where we believe anyone can do anything and personal freedom is very important, but to get to the next rung and the latter, there
as president clinton says, it takes a lot of brass to be against something you are for. he knows the right and budget took the same savings. they gave another tax cut to kardashian, lebron james. >> i'm ok. >> we can go on rebuttal all day, but we must move on to the next round of questions. the next question goes first to kaskilly.lear castlaire mc . >> the average prices have risen 42% according to the u.s. department of education. what specific policy to propose as the most...
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after that, secretary of state hillary clinton. then, economic lessons learned from the calvin coolidge
after that, secretary of state hillary clinton. then, economic lessons learned from the calvin coolidge
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all we are asking -- go back to the rates we paid under bill clinton. which was a time when we created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history. and a whole bunch of millionaires. [cheers and applause] i am getting all fired up. [cheers and applause] i want to explain that this is not just good for middle-class families and working families. it is good for everybody because what happens when a police officer or a firefighter or a teacher or construction worker or receptionist -- what happens when they have more money in their pockets? they spend it on basic necessities. maybe they go out and finally after 10 years by a new car. maybe they buy a new computer for their kid going to college. that means business has more customers. that means businesses are making more profit. that means businesses are hiring more workers who have more money to spend, which make businesses do even better. that is how you grow an economy, not from the top down, but from the middle out. or bottom up. that is the choice. that is why i am running for pr
all we are asking -- go back to the rates we paid under bill clinton. which was a time when we created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history. and a whole bunch of millionaires. [cheers and applause] i am getting all fired up. [cheers and applause] i want to explain that this is not just good for middle-class families and working families. it is good for everybody because what happens when a police officer or a firefighter or a teacher or construction worker or...
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and bill clinton had the best speech. what surprised me about this is it seemed aimed more at democrats. this gives you a sense of what's this will be going forward. we can see them try to do that with democrats. he had them chanting, "four more years" constantly. >> i thought going in that -- because bill clinton did so well that barack obama of a competitor would want to outshine him and it would lead him to do a better speech. it was not bill clinton. it was not even elizabeth warren's speech which is interesting. it does speak to why this race -- i see coming out of the convention will remain basically tied. why people are going into the debate wondering, who do i trust more and why, given the history of both men and the history, there will not know after that either. both are good at debate-setting. neither will make mistakes. both will appear presidential. both of them will have a real limitation in a philosophical argument they're trying to make. >> those speeches that we heard from the vice presidential candidate
and bill clinton had the best speech. what surprised me about this is it seemed aimed more at democrats. this gives you a sense of what's this will be going forward. we can see them try to do that with democrats. he had them chanting, "four more years" constantly. >> i thought going in that -- because bill clinton did so well that barack obama of a competitor would want to outshine him and it would lead him to do a better speech. it was not bill clinton. it was not even...
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>> i think we should allow the top rate to return to where they were during the clinton administration when the economy was doing just great. and last time that we balance our budget. once you go there, you can talk about additional -- you can point out that the sums involved commission, they assume as their starting point of that additional revenue from allowing the tax rate on the top incomeers to go into effect, they assume that. my view would be, let the rates go up. we are happy to of a conversation about tax reform. and the things we should do, simplify the tax code. but we should not arbitrarily fixed the rate reduction. 20% across the board would cost five trillion dollars and then said, we are going to try to find a way to pay for this. >> was after the election, the president wins, congress is controlled, and there's a negotiation did it turns out that raising the top rate is difficult, but some limiting exemptions and credits to get the money from the top income groups is more possible. is that a possible place to explore? >> yes. i think the starting point for the rates as
>> i think we should allow the top rate to return to where they were during the clinton administration when the economy was doing just great. and last time that we balance our budget. once you go there, you can talk about additional -- you can point out that the sums involved commission, they assume as their starting point of that additional revenue from allowing the tax rate on the top incomeers to go into effect, they assume that. my view would be, let the rates go up. we are happy to...
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what i found was even a month clinton among folks who did not care for joe biden, when he left or smiled, their attention was on those smiles and not what mr. paul ryan was saying. i do not think joe biden's facial expressions heard at all. it is scranton joe. he will occasionally make a gas. -- a gaff. he is not on a teleprompter. he most. that is everything we complain about. they are on teleprompter as an art overly scripted. when you get a real person on -- biden, -- like joe biden i did not think there was any major gaffes. the end analysis is the biggest question is, did biden man age to lose the dial -- move the dial? i do not know. he clearly did a good job. i suspect he won the debate. did he move the dial? i do not know. i cannot imagine after watching this debate who is still undecided. these two men provided very articulate, well reasoned, to completely different reasons for where this is headed. >> students will have a chance to see all this up close and personal when the debate process makes its way to win university later in the month. thank you very much. >> always a plea
what i found was even a month clinton among folks who did not care for joe biden, when he left or smiled, their attention was on those smiles and not what mr. paul ryan was saying. i do not think joe biden's facial expressions heard at all. it is scranton joe. he will occasionally make a gas. -- a gaff. he is not on a teleprompter. he most. that is everything we complain about. they are on teleprompter as an art overly scripted. when you get a real person on -- biden, -- like joe biden i did...
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it is not going to be a bill clinton moment. but he is going to have to show he can connect with voters who are asking the questions. on a personal level. not an emotional level. a human level. it is not a high bar. mitt romney s been good otownal ttings. he has familiarity with them. he does not have recent familiarity. he did many more during the primaries and he -- and became loose and relaxed. to achieve that level of looseness but not lose enough that he makes a mistake. >> we have a clip of each one of these two men. the first one is governor romney, a question on immigration. >> governor, how much of a prerogative is this for you to get actual reform dunkirk? -- done? how'd you go about doing this? how much legislation will you specifically be looking for? >> let me note something that will not be lost upon the people who come into this country legally and illegally as immigrants. this has always been a priority for the president. he chooses to do nothing about it. he campaigned saying he would reform immigration laws and
it is not going to be a bill clinton moment. but he is going to have to show he can connect with voters who are asking the questions. on a personal level. not an emotional level. a human level. it is not a high bar. mitt romney s been good otownal ttings. he has familiarity with them. he does not have recent familiarity. he did many more during the primaries and he -- and became loose and relaxed. to achieve that level of looseness but not lose enough that he makes a mistake. >> we have a...
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when clinton left, we had a balanced budget in the surplus and things were looking good. [applause] what happened? what happened? they talk about this great recession that they and knowledge as it is fell from the sky. in september of 2008, all of the sudden this thing happened. as my little granddaughter would say, who did it? casper the ghost? they put two wars on a credit card, not paying a penny. even though i introduced legislation to pay for that war. the voted for a new entitlement program without paying one penny for it. they added another trillion dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy. what was the result. ? these are the facts. the result was by the time the rain that turned back over to barack obama and me, they had doubled the national debt in 8 years. the fourth, fifth, or six days we were in office, we were sitting in the oval office at sunset, mr. president, looking at his year's budget you are going to have a trillion dollars deficit. he said, i have not done anything yet. [laughter] he said, no mr. president, the budget they passed guarantees no matter what
when clinton left, we had a balanced budget in the surplus and things were looking good. [applause] what happened? what happened? they talk about this great recession that they and knowledge as it is fell from the sky. in september of 2008, all of the sudden this thing happened. as my little granddaughter would say, who did it? casper the ghost? they put two wars on a credit card, not paying a penny. even though i introduced legislation to pay for that war. the voted for a new entitlement...
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in is not only an advisor to the romney campaign but is also on secretary clinton's is vice freeboard. >> there is a lot of continuity and a broad consensus. i think what you are seeing is the kind of a consensus in the foreign-policy community and there is a lot of overlap between the parties. >> more with robert kagan sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c- span's q&a. >> george shultz, william perry, and sam nunn took part in a forum on nuclear threats. much of their concern was ark -- on iran. this was hosted by the commonwealth club of california and ran a just over one hour. >> welcome to tonight's meeting of the commonwealth club of california. i am president and ceo of the club and a chair for tonight's program. we also welcome our listeners on radio and television, our online viewers, and invite everyone to visit us on the internet. we are very pleased to hold this program together with stanford university's center for security and cooperation, and the freemans institute for international studies. as we debate about a recovery of the u.s. economy and follow the presidential primar
in is not only an advisor to the romney campaign but is also on secretary clinton's is vice freeboard. >> there is a lot of continuity and a broad consensus. i think what you are seeing is the kind of a consensus in the foreign-policy community and there is a lot of overlap between the parties. >> more with robert kagan sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c- span's q&a. >> george shultz, william perry, and sam nunn took part in a forum on nuclear threats. much of their concern...
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hillary clinton went to russia to try to convince him not to do so. she said they are on the wrong side of history. she is right about that. where are we? after international pressure mounted, and has been over one year, the man has slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people, more fighters are spilling into the country. the longer this is going on, the more groups like al qaeda are going in. we could have more easily identified a free syrian army working with our allies, the turks, had we had a better plan in place to begin with working through our allies. we waited to try to come up with an agreement with the un, that bought assad time. meanwhile, 30,000 syrians are dead. >> what would my friend do differently? if you notice he never asks -- he never answers a question differently. >> you do not go through the un. >> we have been in the process for months making sure humanitarian aid and other training is getting through to those forces we believe, the turks believe, the jordanians believe, the saudis believe are the free forces inside of syria.
hillary clinton went to russia to try to convince him not to do so. she said they are on the wrong side of history. she is right about that. where are we? after international pressure mounted, and has been over one year, the man has slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people, more fighters are spilling into the country. the longer this is going on, the more groups like al qaeda are going in. we could have more easily identified a free syrian army working with our allies, the turks, had we...
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however, he does not have any experience in foreign policy, not like hillary clinton. she is wrapping up her trip. he has no experience in government aside from congress that he has been in since 1998. host: 1 of the differences is reaching mitt romney and paul ryan is that ryan has had a lot encounters with obama. paul ryan asked the president about the federal budget. here is a look at that. [video clip] >> the spending has been increased. this means the total spending in your budget would grow at 3300th than otherwise. you said you would want to take a scalpel and go through the budget line by line. we need a constitutional version of the outline veto. [applause] problem is, we cannot get a vote on the proposal. would you support a line veto and helping us get that in the house? >> i want to push back on the underlying premise of increasing spending by 84%. i talked to peter right before i came here. i suspected i we hear this argument. most of the increases in this year's budget, this past year's budget, we are not as a consequence of policies that we initiated, bu
however, he does not have any experience in foreign policy, not like hillary clinton. she is wrapping up her trip. he has no experience in government aside from congress that he has been in since 1998. host: 1 of the differences is reaching mitt romney and paul ryan is that ryan has had a lot encounters with obama. paul ryan asked the president about the federal budget. here is a look at that. [video clip] >> the spending has been increased. this means the total spending in your budget...
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thought they were getting more like what they got out of bill clinton. instead they have seen an abysmal failure. not just for the young people but for their families, their parents' generation as well as theirs, it failed. one more reason we need to electing a president. let's he was on the committee and voted no. is that a problem bringing that up in the speech? the fact checkers will go back and truth squad that. >> this was the president's commission. he empower them to act. proceeded to had nothing. we have had no leadership. they have nothing in the campaign. nothing to back of their records. it will proceed to attack because they cannot defend their abysmal record they have had. >> they needed that to get into the house and senate. >> nobody has made a case to me that the reason he did not act was because a vote here or there. he did act on it because -- if he has a plan he has to move it forward. you should do something with it, not proceed to do nothing. that is a lack of leadership. the american people want leadership here the only people offer
thought they were getting more like what they got out of bill clinton. instead they have seen an abysmal failure. not just for the young people but for their families, their parents' generation as well as theirs, it failed. one more reason we need to electing a president. let's he was on the committee and voted no. is that a problem bringing that up in the speech? the fact checkers will go back and truth squad that. >> this was the president's commission. he empower them to act. proceeded...
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his name was bill clinton. his economic plan and the ask the wealthiest americans to pay a little bit more so we could reduce the deficit still invest in the skills and ideas of our people. at the time the republicans in congress and the senate candidates by the name of mitt -- i don't want you to boo, i want you to vote. i want you to vote. the republican candidates by the name of mitt romney said bill clinton's plans would hurt the economy and kill jobs. turns out the mouth was just as bad then as it is now. -- the math was just as bad then as it is now. america created 23 million new jobs. our deficit had turned into a surplus. florida, we know our ideas work. we also know their ideas do not. because we try their ideas, too. we tried giving insurance companies and oil companies free rein to do whatever they please. you know what they got. we got falling incomes and record deficits. you have ideas that we tried and did not work, and ideas that we tried it did work. you would think there would be a pretty clea
his name was bill clinton. his economic plan and the ask the wealthiest americans to pay a little bit more so we could reduce the deficit still invest in the skills and ideas of our people. at the time the republicans in congress and the senate candidates by the name of mitt -- i don't want you to boo, i want you to vote. i want you to vote. the republican candidates by the name of mitt romney said bill clinton's plans would hurt the economy and kill jobs. turns out the mouth was just as bad...
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all we are asking -- go back to the rates we paid under bill clinton. which was a time when we created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history. and a whole bunch of millionaires. [cheers and applause] i am getting all fired up. [cheers and applause] i want to explain that this is not just good for middle-class families and working families. it is good for everybody because what happens when a police officer or a firefighter or a teacher or construction worker or reception -- what happens when they have more money in their pockets? they spend it on basic necessities. maybe they go out and finally after 10 years by a new car. -- buy a new car. maybe they buy a new computer for their kid going to college. that means business has more customers. that means businesses are making more profit. that means businesses are hiring more workers who have more money to spend, which make businesses do even better. that is how you grow an economy, not from the top down, but from the middle out. or bottom up. that is the choice. that is why i am
all we are asking -- go back to the rates we paid under bill clinton. which was a time when we created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history. and a whole bunch of millionaires. [cheers and applause] i am getting all fired up. [cheers and applause] i want to explain that this is not just good for middle-class families and working families. it is good for everybody because what happens when a police officer or a firefighter or a teacher or construction worker or...
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as president clinton said, it will take a lot longer than four years to finish rebuilding an economy that was on the brink of collapse. but here is the thing, what i can tell you for sure is that think fully in barack, we have a leader with a deep and unyielding faith in the american people a leader who understands that this country was built by men and women who wake up every day at work hard for their families and do it without complaint and regret. that is what my husband has been fighting for. he is been fighting for us and that is why when the stakes are so high, you can always trust barack to have our back. [applause] that you can trust. yes we can. yes we will. [applause] what we have to understand is over these past four years, together, we have been pulling ourselves out of that hole we started in and we're moving this country forward and making real and meaningful change. here is what folks have to ask themselves. are we going to turn around and go back to the same policies that got us in that hole in the first place? are we going to keep moving this country forward? what a
as president clinton said, it will take a lot longer than four years to finish rebuilding an economy that was on the brink of collapse. but here is the thing, what i can tell you for sure is that think fully in barack, we have a leader with a deep and unyielding faith in the american people a leader who understands that this country was built by men and women who wake up every day at work hard for their families and do it without complaint and regret. that is what my husband has been fighting...
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hillary clinton went to russia to try to convince him not to do so. she said they are on the wrong side of history. she is right about that. where are we? after international pressure mounted, and has been over one year, the man has slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people, more fighters are spilling into the country. the longer this is going on, the more groups like al qaeda are going in. we could have more easily identified a free syrian army working with our allies, the turks, had we had a better plan in place to begin with working through our allies. we waited to try to come up with an agreement with the un, that bought assad time. meanwhile, 30,000 syrians are dead. >> what would my friend do differently? if you notice he never asks -- he never answers a question differently. >> you do not go through the un. >> we have been in the process for months making sure humanitarian aid and other training is getting through to those forces we believe, the turks believe, the jordanians believe, the saudis believe are the free forces inside of syria.
hillary clinton went to russia to try to convince him not to do so. she said they are on the wrong side of history. she is right about that. where are we? after international pressure mounted, and has been over one year, the man has slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people, more fighters are spilling into the country. the longer this is going on, the more groups like al qaeda are going in. we could have more easily identified a free syrian army working with our allies, the turks, had we...
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i have my beautiful wife, he has bill clinton. [applause] we got a big dose of weeks biden charm. i heard from the federal election commission. from now on, whenever he appears on tv, there is a recording of me afterwards that says, "i am mitt romney, and i approve this message." [laughter] rules of fairness. i never suggest the press is biased. they have their job to do and i have mine to do. my job is to lay out a positive vision for the future of the country and their job is to make sure nobody finds out about it. [applause] let's just say some in the media have a certain way of looking at things. when i suddenly pulled ahead in the major polls, the headlines were, obama is leading from behind. [laughter] i have already seen early reports from tonight's dinner. headline, obama and priced by catholics. romney dodges rich people. [laughter] [applause] the president has put his own stamp on relations with the church. there have been awkward moments. like when the president pulled pope benedict aside. he said, whatever the problem is, just blame it on john paul ii. [applause] the p
i have my beautiful wife, he has bill clinton. [applause] we got a big dose of weeks biden charm. i heard from the federal election commission. from now on, whenever he appears on tv, there is a recording of me afterwards that says, "i am mitt romney, and i approve this message." [laughter] rules of fairness. i never suggest the press is biased. they have their job to do and i have mine to do. my job is to lay out a positive vision for the future of the country and their job is to...
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the history dates back to bill thomas under clinton commission that continues with the work done at the bipartisan policy center and includes the work that i have done with senator w ympdmp en from oregon. fundamental tax reform also has a bipartisan history. and in 1986 i was in high school at the time but i read the book, we did fundamental tax reform that lowered tax rates and broadened the base. dick gephardt and bill bradley. i would argue this isn't a left versus right issue. this is about those who are willing to tell the people the truth about our nation's fiscal challenges and those who continue to duck from those challenges. this budget takes the latter approach. it represents a very clear threat to the health and retirement security for seniors and threatens our prosperity and it commits our children and grand children to a diminished future. i don't know how you can conclude otherwise. secretary geithner you would be the first to acknowledge that having no plan is a plan in and of itself and a plan to stay in the debt crisis and having no plan means we are planning for decli
the history dates back to bill thomas under clinton commission that continues with the work done at the bipartisan policy center and includes the work that i have done with senator w ympdmp en from oregon. fundamental tax reform also has a bipartisan history. and in 1986 i was in high school at the time but i read the book, we did fundamental tax reform that lowered tax rates and broadened the base. dick gephardt and bill bradley. i would argue this isn't a left versus right issue. this is...
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you listen to president clinton last night and michelle obama. our keynote speaker versus their keynote speaker. tonight from the vice-president and president. people are going to leave and they will get were these guys are going, understand their vision for this country and how we should get there. i think that is moving the ball forward. >> bring a clinician's eye for mitt romney. >> to get a little more insight into himself as a person. i am sure he gained from that. the downside was he did not give anybody a sense of really what he would do other than repeal everything that obama has done. >> that might be popular in some places. >> it certainly was popular in that hall. but in the country, i do not think that is what people are looking for. they're not looking to refi the battles of yesterday to go there looking to move forward. they're not looking to repeat the policies of the last decade. he simply did not answer the question, what would you do and where would you leave? for that reason, i think his speech was a missed opportunity. >> in y
you listen to president clinton last night and michelle obama. our keynote speaker versus their keynote speaker. tonight from the vice-president and president. people are going to leave and they will get were these guys are going, understand their vision for this country and how we should get there. i think that is moving the ball forward. >> bring a clinician's eye for mitt romney. >> to get a little more insight into himself as a person. i am sure he gained from that. the downside...
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then obama and former president bill clinton will hold a rally. next up, brief remarks from obama and mitt romney in obama's weekly address. he talks about the response to hurricane sandy. gov. ronnie gave the republican address this week. he talked about the u.s. economy and the presidential election. >> this weekend, millions of americans are still picking up the pieces from one of the worst storms in our history. i toured new jersey with governor chris cristie and witness the devastation firsthand. it is heartbreaking. families have lost loved ones. entire communities have been wiped away. even the first responders to repeatedly put themselves in harm's way have had losses of their own. today, i ask everyone to keep them in your prayers. as president, and promised them this. your country will be there for as long as it takes to recover and rebuild. throughout the week, i have been in constant contact with governors and mayors in affected areas who are doing an excellent job in extraordinary circumstances. we owe the first responders to have bee
then obama and former president bill clinton will hold a rally. next up, brief remarks from obama and mitt romney in obama's weekly address. he talks about the response to hurricane sandy. gov. ronnie gave the republican address this week. he talked about the u.s. economy and the presidential election. >> this weekend, millions of americans are still picking up the pieces from one of the worst storms in our history. i toured new jersey with governor chris cristie and witness the...
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president clinton has come down to florida. if you look at the polls in 2010, at the candidates clinton endorsed did not do very good at all. 2012 is the economy and issues that are important to floridians. i think it was a mistake for the obama campaign. we will see tuesday what is going to happen. >> this charlie crist's opinions way you much? you are a republican. caller: he's a nice guy but he has lost a lot of integrity. people really cannot trust him anymore. he plans to run for governor. i think tuesday will say whether he will run for governor or not in 2014 against gov. rick scott. he has lost a lot of credibility. he has not been a man of his word. he has been a huge flop lopper. evolver.s call it an evil ov host: were you watching our carriage of the debate between congressman alan west n. murphy? yes.er: alan was talking about moving america truly forward. mr. murphy was talking about negativity, as these campaigns have been doing respectively. host: he is calling us from sun city florida. up next is allen, an indep
president clinton has come down to florida. if you look at the polls in 2010, at the candidates clinton endorsed did not do very good at all. 2012 is the economy and issues that are important to floridians. i think it was a mistake for the obama campaign. we will see tuesday what is going to happen. >> this charlie crist's opinions way you much? you are a republican. caller: he's a nice guy but he has lost a lot of integrity. people really cannot trust him anymore. he plans to run for...
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also a message that remind me of bill clinton. the need to address our economic problems. when we combine and synthesize the best of ronald reagan and the clinton as candidates, that is what we saw here tonight. i think the country will respond to that. >> the massachusetts delegation. a line from the speech? governor romney and his history as a husband. ann romney was excellent. america needs someone of character and leadership. his background at bain and the governor of massachusetts, turning a deficit into a surplus. america needs a ceo and a family man more than ever. >> there are ron paul delegates, including one from delegates said. one line? >> repealed and replaced. that flies in the platform we just passed. we were in there all last week, hanging out. we were able to actually get through some language about replacing it with free-market principles, not government stuff. apparently romney has not -- read our platform we passed. >> do you leave this convention united, supporting rate -- mitt romney? >> absolutely not. every time they have tried to run a moderate or
also a message that remind me of bill clinton. the need to address our economic problems. when we combine and synthesize the best of ronald reagan and the clinton as candidates, that is what we saw here tonight. i think the country will respond to that. >> the massachusetts delegation. a line from the speech? governor romney and his history as a husband. ann romney was excellent. america needs someone of character and leadership. his background at bain and the governor of massachusetts,...
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he was to appear with bill clinton in florida this morning. instead he will be in washington monitoring the storm from the white house. mitt romney is in the midwest today with stops in three battleground states, starting with an event in ohio. then he's headed to dive and por -- davenport, iowa, and then wisconsin. we will have live coverage of governor romney in ohio, set to start at 11:50 eastern. we are scheduled to have live coverage of a rally for the president in youngstown, ohio. he was supposed to appear with bill clinton. instead vice-president joe biden will take its place. live coverage of that event at 3:30 eastern this afternoon on c-span. [video clip] >> if you consider that a while ago no one would ever agree to carry around a tracking device. but now we all carry around cell phone scott. -- phones. and no one would let people read their e-mail, but now all of our e-mail is stored on a server at google, gmail. we are putting our information out as a society. >> we're looking into cybersecurity and cyber warfare, the pentagon ha
he was to appear with bill clinton in florida this morning. instead he will be in washington monitoring the storm from the white house. mitt romney is in the midwest today with stops in three battleground states, starting with an event in ohio. then he's headed to dive and por -- davenport, iowa, and then wisconsin. we will have live coverage of governor romney in ohio, set to start at 11:50 eastern. we are scheduled to have live coverage of a rally for the president in youngstown, ohio. he was...
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think back to the clinton years. this was the paradigm we thought of. he cited a statistic in their that in 1984 according to exit polling, 26% of voters had cast a ballot that included both a democrat and republican at different levels. by 2000, it was down to 7%. that's the environment we are in. parties have realigned. the democrats intend to vote democrat. it is -- they have thousands of datapoint about you. the sile one that is most productive is one party or registered. the bond that is most -- the one that is most predictive is how you are registered. the fact is that most people's both are highly predictable and campaign the know this. you cannot at the polls that any given day, but they average out at 48-46. you do the math. that is a% undecided and maybe there are a few points that are soft on obama who may be condensed to a defect to romney and soft romney supporter the other way. for the other side of the electorate, they change their behavior to motivate them to vote. >> there is a significant divide out there, but defining the divide is an
think back to the clinton years. this was the paradigm we thought of. he cited a statistic in their that in 1984 according to exit polling, 26% of voters had cast a ballot that included both a democrat and republican at different levels. by 2000, it was down to 7%. that's the environment we are in. parties have realigned. the democrats intend to vote democrat. it is -- they have thousands of datapoint about you. the sile one that is most productive is one party or registered. the bond that is...
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this is the same kind of recommendation that president clinton's bipartisan commission recommended in the late 1990's. it worked just like current medicare benefits for today. medicare advantage works like this. by near the supplemental insurance works like this. -- buying supplemental insurance works like this. we believe the best way to get at this issue is by giving the patient the power. a consumer directed system. hospitals, insurers, doctors compete against each other for our business as consumers. we spend a lot of money on health care, but we do not spend it very intelligently. we need a system, where we have transparency in price, transparency in quality, so we can have apples to apples metrics comparison. i do believe you need to do it -- we subsidize people and the higher income brackets allot more. that is upside down. we want a system where the individual is in the driver's seat, not some bureaucrats. i would argue for subsidizing those with pre-existing conditions of they do not go bankrupt. we bring more competition, more choice to the health-care sector. if we did this
this is the same kind of recommendation that president clinton's bipartisan commission recommended in the late 1990's. it worked just like current medicare benefits for today. medicare advantage works like this. by near the supplemental insurance works like this. -- buying supplemental insurance works like this. we believe the best way to get at this issue is by giving the patient the power. a consumer directed system. hospitals, insurers, doctors compete against each other for our business as...
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this is the same kind of recommendation that president bill clinton bipartisan commission recommended in the late 1990's. the idea originally comes from the brookings institute. it works just like current medicare benefits work today. medicare prescription drugs were sick this spirited buying your medicare supplemental insurance works like this. private providers competing against each other for the business. we believe the best way to get at this issue, is by giving the patient the power, a consumer- directed system where the hospitals, providers, hospitals compete against each other for our business. we spend over 2.5 times and any other industrialized country. -- than any other industrialized country. we need a system like all other market-based sectors of the economy were europe transparency a price, quality, and economic incentive to act on those things so we can have apple to apple comparison. i do believe or ultimately you need to do it with tax exclusion. we subsidize people and the higher income brackets a lot more the people of the lower brackets. i think that is upside down
this is the same kind of recommendation that president bill clinton bipartisan commission recommended in the late 1990's. the idea originally comes from the brookings institute. it works just like current medicare benefits work today. medicare prescription drugs were sick this spirited buying your medicare supplemental insurance works like this. private providers competing against each other for the business. we believe the best way to get at this issue, is by giving the patient the power, a...
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welfare reform was the most important thing bill clinton did. i think republicans would be wise to deal with that. you cannot say all right, we accept you even though we spent the last election trying to deny you the right to vote. it is a generational impact. that is a fundamental impact. it takes a long time to change. unless they addresses, they're going to have -- i'm going to introduce two other people -- two other pieces. the second thing is the republican brand and the tea party. it hangs over them. if you look at all of the bullish trend memos written before the election, they were saying there is no way you are going to have a six. election. you also had, if you look a favorability is, the tea party is the most unpopular organization out there in terms of defining the party. at the heart of this election is the economy. do we have middle-class jobs? do we have rising incomes? on that question, obama led by 12 points as to whether or not he was on your side. mitt romney did fairly well in people believing he would address the issue. but
welfare reform was the most important thing bill clinton did. i think republicans would be wise to deal with that. you cannot say all right, we accept you even though we spent the last election trying to deny you the right to vote. it is a generational impact. that is a fundamental impact. it takes a long time to change. unless they addresses, they're going to have -- i'm going to introduce two other people -- two other pieces. the second thing is the republican brand and the tea party. it...
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president clinton introducing me. i spent eight years introducing him when i was united states center. what a great pleasure it was working for this president. what a pleasure it is that he still works. i know you are expecting the real president. he asked me to expresses regret for not being able to be here. a's still doing the job president should be doing. i want to thank all the first responders throughout this country. there are a whole lot of folks all over the country. it is further evidence that when america stands together we are all better off. when america stand together everybody is better off. president clinton and sherrod brown, here is a man with a heart and courage. never worry about him changing his mind. thank you for allowing us to get out. a guy that i love working with and i mean this truly, i served in the congress and senate a long time. i did not find anyone better than congressman tim ryan. where are you? that is a stand-up guy. we need jobs back. it is great to see you. you are here. where ar
president clinton introducing me. i spent eight years introducing him when i was united states center. what a great pleasure it was working for this president. what a pleasure it is that he still works. i know you are expecting the real president. he asked me to expresses regret for not being able to be here. a's still doing the job president should be doing. i want to thank all the first responders throughout this country. there are a whole lot of folks all over the country. it is further...
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romney is talking very positively about the clinton years and praises president clinton's tenure in office. well, he ought to adopt the plan the president clinton is suggesting. and that's a plan which will put the public finances of our country back into better balance and that will provide a more solid footing. but even more than that, if we were able to come together with that reasonable compromise, averting the fiscal cliff, it would give this country and particularly the business community the confidence of knowing that their tax exposure, that the fiscal status of this country is not literally going to be driven up to the cliff, up to the brink over periods of short month-long time periods. just as it was in 2011 and 2012. and that really unfortunately, sadly is the legacy of the 112th congress under speaker boehner's tenure. that's why telemarketters are more popular than members of the u.s. congress. according to the bloom news report that came out earlier today -- the bloomberg news report that came utterlyier today. we have a leadership that's shown itself quite willing to defy a
romney is talking very positively about the clinton years and praises president clinton's tenure in office. well, he ought to adopt the plan the president clinton is suggesting. and that's a plan which will put the public finances of our country back into better balance and that will provide a more solid footing. but even more than that, if we were able to come together with that reasonable compromise, averting the fiscal cliff, it would give this country and particularly the business community...
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there was a clip of newt gingrich supporting an individual mandate with hillary clinton. i knew when i started out, i knew he had supported one. i spent a long time looking for that clip. maybe a few hours. i stumble upon clips. i will look for them and find them in 15 minutes sometimes. that was a clip i went looking for because i knew it was out there. >> we have some more clips. here is one from c-span in 1991 at the press club. this is jay leno. >> when you met with president bush, did he show you the socks he bought to stimulate the economy? >> they are on tour, i did not see those. so many americans want to see them. that made me laugh. he bought socks for his grandchildren for christmas. he thinks he is unpopular right now, wait for christmas morning. gaddafi is giving his kids nintendo. >> how do you decide what you think people will be interested in? >> for that clip, that came from a larger post that i did -- 25 c-span moments from the 1990's. inearched c-span's archives the 1990's. a search for seinfeld, there was one clip talking about the defense department a
there was a clip of newt gingrich supporting an individual mandate with hillary clinton. i knew when i started out, i knew he had supported one. i spent a long time looking for that clip. maybe a few hours. i stumble upon clips. i will look for them and find them in 15 minutes sometimes. that was a clip i went looking for because i knew it was out there. >> we have some more clips. here is one from c-span in 1991 at the press club. this is jay leno. >> when you met with president...